Meet our 2017 Distinguished Alumni

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This year’s Distinguished Alumni will be honored on April 21 at 6 p.m. Please join us at Celebration Weekend, April 20-23 to celebrate Olin’s Centennial and accomplished alumni.
The Distinguished Alumni Awards will be followed by a very special affair to commemorate our Centennial. Guests are invited inside Knight and Bauer Hall for a once-in-a-century Gala celebration. The Gala reception will include a band, food stations and cocktails, a photo booth, and a digital exhibit showcasing Olin’s rich history. The evening will conclude with a celebratory fireworks display as we embark on Olin’s second century of excellence.
Bill Broderick, MBA ’76
Partner (Retired) / Edward Jones / St. Louis
Chair, Board of Trustees / Bridge Builder Mutual Funds / St. Louis
In a 30-year career at Edward Jones, it is safe to say there is very little that Bill Broderick hasn’t participated in building for the firm. Even after his retirement in 2012, Broderick still has a hand in the business as founder and chairman of a subadvised family of Edward Jones sponsored mutual funds, with assets totaling $32 billion.
And that isn’t the only way in which Broderick has continued to participate. Since 2013, he has served as CEO for Victory Wireline, a Texas-based company offering specialized equipment services to the oil and gas industry. After earning his MBA from Washington University, Broderick launched his career at Centerre Bank, which at that time, was one of the two largest banks in the St. Louis area. He made a name for himself over six years, as a commercial banking officer and leader in the credit department, supervising 25 analysts.
By 1982, he had left Centerre to begin his distinguished career in investment banking at Edward Jones, and within four years, he was invited to be a partner in the firm. And that is where he started putting his fingerprints all over it—from product design ...

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